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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Polish American pianist, composer, and teacher was known for his theories concerning the application of relaxed weight and economy of motion in piano playing?

2. When did Harold Bauer make his American debut?

3. In what year was Harold Bauer born?

4. What album by Glenn Gould is described as combining personality, ideas, bouncing rhythm and fast tempos?

5. Where was Annette Essipoff from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who represented Schnabel's German/Austrian legacy in music? How is the German school described?

2. What example is given to illustrate modernist principles with Josef Hofmann?

3. Who was Harold Bauer? Describe the Bauer's early career.

4. When did Josef Hofmann make his American debut? What toll did it take on him?

5. What American pianists does Schonberg describe in Chapter XXXVIII, Made in America?

6. What advances in piano technique are described in Chapter XXXI, New Philosophies, New Styles? Where did they originate?

7. Compare the style and works of Busoni and Godowsky. How does the author relate their philosophical differences?

8. When did Glenn Gould retire? What emotional disturbances did he suffer from?

9. What was the impact of the Russian Revolution of 1917 on music?

10. What female students of Liszt are described in Chapter XXV, The Ladies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the influences of Friedrich Chopin on romanticism, piano technique, and style. When was Chopin born? When did he debut? When did he die?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the style, biography, and works of Franz Liszt. What characteristics was Liszt known for as a performer? What were his fans like?

Essay Topic 3

Who invented the piano and when? What instruments foreshadowed it? How did it rise to popularity?

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